Capo 1 
 
           
           Intro: A G A F G D G D 
 
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      I slipped straight though to 8 am. That same old  
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lame alarm excuse just ain't gonna work again. I light a  
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marborral for breakfast on my way out the door. That's the  
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third day this month I had one too many the night before.  
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And judgin from the past, it won't be the last. 
 

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It's a free fall when your back's against the  
               G    
wall. When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out  
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how's a man supposed stand tall. Well the high life ain't  
Dm        G 
my life I can't walk the line and I damn sure ain't gonna  
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crawl just livin in a free fall.  
       
 
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With a shovel in my hand and a hammer in my head  
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right about now I can think of a thousand things I'd  
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rather do instead. I'm diggin this hole for my dignity I  
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think I've finally come to understand workin for the man  
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ain't workin for me I can only take so much my only way to  
 
go is up. 
 
                                                         
       A                   Dm 
From a free fall when your back's  
                           G 
against the wall. When you hit rock bottom and the bottom  
                  E                                 A 
drops out how's a man supposed stand tall. Well the high  
           Dm        G 
life ain't my life I can't walk the line and I damn sure  
            E 
ain't gonna crawl, livin in a free fall. 
  
      Solo: 
        A G A F G D G D 
                                                             
        n c    A              Dm 
   It's a free fall when your back's  
                           G 
against the wall. When you hit rock bottom and the bottom  
                  E                                 A 
drops out how's a man supposed stand tall. Well the high  
           Dm        G 
life ain't my life I can't walk the line and I damn sure  
            E 
ain't gonna crawl just livin in a free fall. 
 
             Outro: 
A G A F (x3) A G  
End with 
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